The boat wound up being launched in 2007 and christened " Carolina " .
Four years after it's inception Could I have
done it faster ? probably , but then it would have become a job and
not a hobby . I believe that it was Mark Twain who said " if you do
what you love for a living then you will never actually work a day in
your life " ---

When I began this project I had purchased a "running wreck " of a boat
. I had intended to cannibalize the old boat for the hardware . After
a couple of years of using the old girl , while building the new hull
, I started to feel guilty about my initial plan , and decided instead
to make new hardware for Carolina and spare the old boat . The
dash board , aquascope , and most of the hardware was all made new
. The cushions are real leather . By the time I got this far real
leather didn't seem like a big extravagance . The old boat a 1923 uncle sam has been spared and is still in
regular use with a large battery and a large bilge pump . One day
she'll get the attention she deserves . Below a shot of "Beau El" on Georgian bay
in a sheltered cove -----you don't drag a new pristine dippy up on the
rocks . It's nice to have a user boat as well .